An Alternative to the Orthodoxy in Animal Ethics? Limits and Merits of the Wittgensteinian Critique of Moral Individualism

Authors: Susana Monsó, Herwig Grimm

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Alice Crary, animal ethics, axiology, Cora Diamond, moral individualism, utilitarianism

2019

“I am going to groom you”: Multiple forms of play fighting in gray mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus)

Authors: Sergio M. Pellis, Vivien C. Pellis

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: animal aggressive behavior, animal grooming behavior, animal play, animal sexual behavior, lemurs

2018

The glass is not yet half empty: agitation but not Varroa treatment causes cognitive bias in honey bees

Authors: H. Schluns, H. Welling, J. R. Federici, L. Lewejohann

Publication/Journal: Animal Cognition

Keywords: animal behavior, apidae, apis-mellifera hymenoptera, appetitive learning, aversive learning, behavioral sciences, colonies, destructor, formic acid, invertebrate emotion, invertebrate welfare, jacobsoni acari, judgment bias, olfactory conditioning, proboscis extension, proboscis extension reflex, zoology

2017

Do friends help each other? Patterns of female coalition formation in wild bonobos at Wamba

Authors: Nahoko Tokuyama, Takeshi Furuichi

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: agonistic interaction, bonobo, cooperative behaviour, female coalition, mutualism, pan paniscus, social bond

2016

Two seconds is all it takes: European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) increase levels of circulating glucocorticoids after witnessing a brief raptor attack

Authors: Blake C. Jones, Adam D. Smith, Sara E. Bebus, Stephan J. Schoech

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: avian, corticosterone, depredation, hpa axis, stress response

2016

Are we ignoring neutral and negative human–animal relationships in zoos?

Authors: Geoff Hosey, Vicky Melfi

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal attacks, animal welfare, keepers, zoo visitors

2015

Behavioural and physiological responses of domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) to agonistic growls from conspecifics

Authors: Penney A. Wood, Josine de Bie, Jennifer A. Clarke

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: acoustic communication, aggression, coping strategies, cortisol, dogs, motivation–structural rules

2014

Association between subjective rating and behaviour coding and the role of experience in making video assessments on the personality of the domestic dog (Canis familiaris)

Authors: Erika Mirkó, Antal Dóka, Ádám Miklósi

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: coding, dog, personality, subjective rating, test battery

2013